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arrived in the Pacific theater in early 1945 as the twen- ty-two-year-old captain of landing craft transport (LCT) 1378, in which he and his crew of twelve landed troops and equipment on the beaches of Iwo Jima, Saipan and Okinawa during some of the fiercest battles of the Pacific.
After the war, with the help of the GI Bill, Squire attended law school at the University of Colorado where he met a graduate student, Marilyn Ann Moore. They married in August 1948 and moved to Reno to raise their four chil- dren. Squire worked as a trooper for the Nevada Highway Patrol while preparing for the Nevada Bar exam. As a prac- titioner, Squire handled many high-profile criminal and civil cases, including a 1969 trial in which he obtained what was then largest jury verdict for an individual in the history of the United States – 3.6 million dollars. During his retirement, when he was not traveling the globe, Squire volunteered as an advocate for nursing home pa- tients and veterans and represented countless individuals at no cost in various legal matters. He was fond of saying,
“You know the measure of a man who goes out of his way to help people who can do nothing for him in return.” Squire was well-traveled but he was most at home walking in the Carson Valley or the Sierra mountains, where he had hunted ducks and trapped as a boy, and fly fished with his children. Squire is survived by his four children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Ronald P. Fischetti, ’91, was eighty-seven at his death on November 25, 2023. Ron graduated from St. John’s Uni- versity and St. John’s University School of Law and prac- ticed criminal defense for sixty years. He was President of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, a visiting pro- fessor of Trial Advocacy at Harvard, Yale, and New York University Schools of Law, and was an adjunct at Ford- ham University School of Law for thirty-five years. Ron represented many high-profile clients, including members
of Congress and a former President. Ron is survived by his wife of sixty-six years, Rae Coiro Fischetti, three children and four granddaughters.
William Howard Fowler ’77. We didn’t know we had a crack this deep, but it took us nearly nine years to hear of Bill’s passing on October 26, 2015 a month shy of his
ninetieth birthday. Bill attended the University of Tennes- see before reporting for active duty in the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he served as flight engineer on a B-24 Liber- ator Bomber during World War II. He returned from the War to graduate from Oxford College at Emory University and Emory University Lamar School of Law in 1950, be- fore settling into the practice of law in Tifton. He served one year in the Georgia General Assembly as a representa- tive from Tift County. In 1957, he was appointed an As- sistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia and returned to private practice in 1960; primarily insurance defense, healthcare, and industrial revenue bond financing. Bill was survived by his wife of sixty-six years, Charlyne King Fowler, two daughters, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
George Alphonse Frilot III, ’81, was eighty-nine at his death on January 12, 2024. As a high school student, George was presented an award in the White House by President Harry S. Truman for a national essay contest he won, entitled “I Speak For Democracy.” He spent the day following President Truman around as he conducted reg- ular business. George served during the Vietnam War as a Military Police Officer. After graduating first in his class at Loyola Law School, George practiced Maritime Law in New Orleans. Over the course of fifty years of practice, he tried cases in twenty-three states and participated in pro- ceedings in two foreign countries. George began playing tennis in high school and college and was ranked in the top five players worldwide in Men’s Singles Fifty and Over. His tennis career is marked with multiple titles and awards across both singles and doubles competition. He received Silver Balls for reaching the finals in four USTA National Championships, in 1985, 1996, 1997 and 2009. George was predeceased by two wives and survived by his three children and four grandchildren.
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